Introduction

Welcome to AddBlog.co.uk (“Site”, “we”, “our”, “us”). This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use, disclose, and protect your personal data when you visit or interact with our website. We are committed to safeguarding your privacy and complying with applicable data protection laws (including UK GDPR and Data Protection Act 2018).

If you have any questions about our policy or your personal data, you may contact us at: Email: AddBlog.co.uk@gmail.com

What personal data we collect

When you use our Site, we may collect Personal Data and Usage Data. These may include:

  • Contact Information: such as your name, email address, if you fill a contact form or subscribe to updates.
  • Usage Data / Technical Data: such as your IP address, browser type, operating system, pages visited, time and duration of visits, referral source, device identifiers, and other similar diagnostic/log data.
  • Cookies and Tracking Technologies: we may use cookies, web beacons, tags, scripts, local storage, or similar technologies to collect or track information, improve site performance, and for analytics or advertising.

We only collect personal data that is relevant and necessary for the purposes described below.

How we use your personal data

We may use the data we collect for a variety of purposes, including:

  • To provide, maintain and improve our Site, features, content and functionality.
  • To manage your subscription (if you subscribe to newsletters or updates).
  • To respond to inquiries, comments, or feedback you submit.
  • To send you communications (if you consent), such as newsletters, promotional materials, or updates (you may opt-out any time).
  • To analyze usage, trends and statistics to improve the Site and user experience.
  • To detect, prevent and address technical or security issues.
  • For legal compliance, enforcing our terms and conditions, or protecting rights, property or safety.

We rely on lawful bases such as your consent (when subscribing), our legitimate interests (improving service, security), or performance of a contract / legal obligations, as required under data protection law.

Disclosure of your personal data / Third parties

We may share or disclose your personal data in the following circumstances:

  • With service providers or third parties who process data on our behalf (e.g. hosting providers, analytics services, email delivery providers).
  • When required by law, court order, or government authorities.
  • To protect rights, property, or safety of us or others.
  • In the event of a merger, acquisition or sale of all or part of our assets, your personal data may be transferred as part of that transaction (with notice).

We require third parties to process your data securely and only in ways permitted by us.

International transfers

Your personal data may be transferred to, stored, or processed in countries outside your home country, including countries that may not have the same level of data protection. Where we do so, we will ensure that appropriate safeguards (such as standard contractual clauses, or adequate data protection measures) are in place to protect your data.

Data retention

We will retain your personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law (e.g. for compliance, legal claims, audits). Usage Data may be retained for shorter periods (unless needed for security or system improvements).

Cookies & similar technologies

We use cookies and similar technologies to:

  • Recognize and remember your preferences
  • Analyze site usage and performance
  • Provide targeted promotions or content (where applicable)

You can control cookies via your browser settings. However, disabling cookies may limit certain features of the Site.

Your rights

Under applicable data protection laws, you may have certain rights regarding your personal data, including:

  • Right to access the personal data we hold about you
  • Right to rectify inaccurate or incomplete data
  • Right to erase (delete) your data (in certain circumstances)
  • Right to restrict or object to processing
  • Right to data portability (obtain your data in a structured, machine-readable format)
  • Right to withdraw consent, where processing is based on consent
  • Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority (e.g. UK Information Commissioner’s Office)

To exercise your rights, please contact us at the email address above. We may require verification of identity before processing your request.

Security

We implement reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures to protect your personal data from unauthorized access, loss, disclosure or alteration. However, no security system is perfect, so we cannot guarantee absolute security.

Children’s privacy

Our Site is not intended for use by children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children under that age. If you are a parent or guardian and you believe your child has provided data to us, please contact us; we will take steps to delete such data.

Links to other websites

Our Site may contain links to external websites operated by third parties. This Privacy Policy does not apply to those websites. We encourage you to read the privacy policies of any site you visit.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update this policy from time to time. When changes are material, we will notify you (for example via a banner or email). The “Last updated” date will indicate when the policy was last revised.